Battle of Fort Apache

Battle of Fort Apache
Part of Apache Wars, Geronimo's War

Fort Apache, 1873
DateSeptember 1, 1881
Location
Fort Apache, Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona Territory
33°47′28″N 109°59′20″W / 33.791°N 109.989°W / 33.791; -109.989
Result United States victory
Belligerents
 United States Apache
Commanders and leaders
United States Eugene Asa Carr unknown
Strength
~100
cavalry,
native scouts,
1 fort		 ~100 warriors
Casualties and losses
3 wounded unknown

The Battle of Fort Apache was an engagement of the Apache Wars between the cavalry garrison of Fort Apache and dozens of mounted White Mountain Apache warriors. The battle occurred in eastern Arizona Territory on September 1, 1881.